Don’t be afraid to brush out dem curls, babe! 🌟⠀⠀So often when I’m styling I’ll hear people say “ I can never get my hair as smooth as you do” OR “my curls never hold. I’d be so afraid to brush them out!”⠀⠀Let me break it down for ya’ll : ⠀⠀🌟 Any curled style should have some texture product in the blow dry to help give your hair some MEMORY. Like, literally the texture (commonly volumizing products) helps your hair REMEMBER where you put it.⠀⠀If you’re not blow drying first, that could be a big reason your curls don’t last. They don’t have the foundation they need.⠀⠀🌟 Therefore, if you heat style properly for your hair type, and set with a holding spray brushing your curls out only softens them. It shouldn’t deflate them entirely!⠀⠀⚠️ Pro tip: be sure to let those curls cool all the way down (yes in those ugly Shirley temple ringlets 😂) for at least a couple minutes before you brush them out.⠀⠀Cheers to all your soft beach waves in this muggy muggy summer we’re having in the PNW 💁🏻‍♀️⠀⠀⠀

Ya’ll know I love a good soft wave in the hair. How do I do it?⠀⠀PRODUCT ➡️ TEMPERATURE ➡️ TECHNIQUE⠀➕PRODUCT :⠀You want to have enough texture in your hair that a curl will hold. This means blow drying a texture cream/spray into your mids + ends before you even think about picking up your iron. Think about the blow dry and products as the foundation of your style. Weak foundation = house (aka your curls) collapsing!⠀⠀And girl if I ever hear you don’t use a heat protectant before you heat style... 🙅🏻‍♀️🙅🏻‍♀️🙅🏻‍♀️ lets just assume we all know better 😘 Be sure to protect those locks and keep your color healthy, babes! ⠀⠀➕TEMPERATURE : ⠀I hate to break it to you - there is no magic number to count to while you hold an iron to your hair! ⠀⠀Remember that YouTube girl who burnt her hair off counting to 14 😂 That’s because everyone’s hair is different and it was too much for her strands.⠀⠀Hot Tip: tap your finger against the hair while it’s heating up. Once you can barely touch a finger to the hair, you know the heat has penetrated through the section, and can release it with confidence.⠀⠀➕TECHNIQUE :⠀Okay guys, this is the tricky one. And sometimes it really comes down to practice. So set your iron temp helllllllla low and get ready to try it a few times.⠀I always unwind the curl before I lift the clamp. This way you’re stretching the curl out as you release, creating a more soft beach wave (as opposed to a bouncy ringlet). Then after I’m all the way unwound, I just slide the iron off the ends. This makes the tips feel relaxed and not too perfect.⠀⠀🔁➕...AND BACK TO PRODUCT : ⠀Be sure to set those bomb.com curls with a hairspray - even if it’s just a light dose! You need your curls to have some memory, so they literally remember to stay in their shape. Without a setting spray, your curls are most likely going to fall out.⠀⠀So spray away! And be sure to use a touch of serum to soften your ends if you want them to be shiny and silky like when I do them for you 👌🏻✨⠀⠀